The World Next Week - Forward-looking Intelligence from Oxford Analytica

key strategic challenge

Anbar model: Mk II

A programme of US military support for Pakistani tribesmen who pledge to fight al-Qaida.

by the numbers

Iraq: (temporary) success?

US deaths in Iraq

Reports of fewer US deaths are exaggerated. 

shorts

The EU goes east

EU-China Summit has a long list of European demands and few offerings.

Croatia's personality politics

Croats voting in elections on Sunday don't get much choice. 

Jitters in Darfur

Threat of violence hangs over the region.

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question of the week

Rice, Abbas, OlmertQ: Is Annapolis just a 'photo opportunity' ?

A: Condoleezza Rice is determined to make a Palestinian state the Bush administration's swansong...«

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one week later....

Developments, Nov. 16 - Nov. 22

Sarko stands firm

The 'monsieur is not for turning'.

Huckabee: well-poised

Rivals concede Huckabee threat.

Chavez comes a cropper

Betancourt efforts thwarted?

Jargon Buster

'The Pac-Man defence'

Pac-Man Will UK mining giant Rio Tinto deploy the defence against BHP Billiton this week?«